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policy community  

Definition

  • In current conversational use, policy community refers to the population of organizations with a stake in an area of public policy. In its more technical sense, it refers to interorganizational structures exhibiting a close, stable, cooperative relationship between a limited number of, mainly self-selected, interest groups and “partnering” elements of the governmental machinery. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Political Science; Policy Community]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-WD4TTPRL-Z

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